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Mexico Calls for Free Trade in Viña del Mar
Viña del Mar, Chile — Mexico tacitly acknowledged today at a meeting in Viña del Mar, Chile, that measures being applied by the US new administration is forcing it to look towards Asia and the […]
Year: 2017
Blogs
The New Right-Wing Paramilitary
By Tomas Croquevielle Traditional paramilitaries are defined as private organizations with a structure, training and subculture, and they often serve functions equal to those of a state’s army. Yet, paramilitaries do not constitute a formal […]
Business
Global powers gather in Chile for Trans-Pacific Partnership summit
By Mohsin Abbas /The Santiago Times Staff VIÑA DEL MAR, Chile — Representatives from Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Chile, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Malaysia, Peru, and Singapore and Vietnam yesterday met in the Chilean coastal […]
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Sports
Chilean delegation ready for Sao Paulo 2017
At Sao Paulo 2017 Chile seek to outdo their performance from the latest edition of the Youth Parapan American Games in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 2013. Four years ago they won 18 medals overall, including […]
World
Indonesia, Chile resume talks after 2-year delay
After being delayed for more than two years, negotiations for a comprehensive economic partnership agreement (CEPA) between Indonesia and Chile resumed on Monday and was to run until yesterday. Iman Pambagyo, director-general of international trade […]
Latin America
Latin America
Mexico practices direct diplomacy with the Trump family at the White House
Mexico’s top diplomat was in Washington last week for meetings with the U.S. government, sidestepping the normal channels and heading straight for the White House. Mexican Foreign Secretary Luis Videgaray met at the White House […]
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Chile Pacific Trade meeting seeks new path after failed TPP
Representatives from countries that signed the failed Trans-Pacific Partnership began meeting Tuesday to discuss a possible new regional trade deal. Senior officials from the 12 countries of the TPP, plus China, Colombia and South Korea, […]
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Chilean Police Arrest Protesters at TPP Summit
By Mohsin Abbas / The Santiago Times Staff VIÑA DEL MAR — A protest march against Trans-Pacific Partnership led to detention of nearly a dozen people in northwest Chile on Tuesday. Activists gathered in coastal […]